Expert Course Page

Expert Mode was a game mode introduced in Pop'n Music 6. Songs played through it are included in "courses", groups of three or four songs all played in succession. In-game it's described as a "one way gauge system", meaning that a single groove gauge is used for all songs played, and it does not replenish. If the gauge empties before completing the final song, the course ends and is counted as a failed course. In later games, difficulty options are added, and many courses can be played in either Normal, Hyper, or EX. All games with Expert Mode also allow courses to be created from the song list.

Expert Mode was available up until Pop'n Music 18 Sengoku Retsuden, in which it was removed. Expert Mode would later return in Pop'n Music Lapistoria in the form of Course Mode.